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Buy-in

Meaning in project management, with examples

/ˈbaɪ ɪn/nounCommon term

In project management, buy-in means: Real agreement with and support for a plan or decision from the people it affects, so that they are willing to help make it work.

In Turkish: destek, sahiplenme, onay ve destek

How it is used

Common in change and stakeholder management. You get, gain, secure or lack buy-in from managers, users or the team. Getting buy-in early is often described as key to project success.

Example sentences

  1. Without buy-in from the store managers, the new stock system won't be used properly.

  2. We ran workshops with the nurses early on to get their buy-in for the new rota tool.

Common collocations

  • get buy-in
  • gain buy-in
  • buy-in from
  • lack of buy-in
  • senior management buy-in
  • stakeholder engagementThe ongoing work of involving stakeholders in a project: understanding their needs and concerns, communicating with them and keeping their support.
  • manage expectationsTo make sure that clients, sponsors or users have a realistic idea of what will be delivered, when and at what quality, so they are not disappointed later.
  • project sponsorA senior manager who owns the business reason for a project, secures its funding, makes the big decisions and supports the project manager when problems need higher authority.
  • stakeholderAny person or group that is affected by a project or can influence it, such as the client, users, managers, suppliers or the project team itself.

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